---
type: "Bill"
title: "TOLL HWY-EMERGENCY VEH-NO TOLL"
description: "TOLL HWY-EMERGENCY VEH-NO TOLL"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Illinois HB 596 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7539e2ec-ff3f-42ce-ab31-a62f18651188"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ea8eff8cb3bdcf0c3fbfe489b96bbfa64589481b10b19a9bf7b6f928ef3a7f48"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 596 (90th) — TOLL HWY-EMERGENCY VEH-NO TOLL

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0596LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 019-002-000 HTRN
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DEERING
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DEERING
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ZICKUS
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ZICKUS
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DEERING
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ZICKUS
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ZICKUS
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1997-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR RADOGNO
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 STRN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-01
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-06
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-23
- **1997-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0152

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7539e2ec-ff3f-42ce-ab31-a62f18651188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).